recapping last night
Louisville sits and waits right on top of the bubble after the loss to Virginia
Notre Dame loses to Duke and just does not have the resume to get in
Butler last second heroics beat Seton Hall and punch their dance ticket
Providence outlasts Creighton to all but clinch a spot
Marquette falls to Nova and I think they really needed that win
Alabama won a buzzer beater over A&M that they absolutely had to have but they may need to bea Auburn to stay in the field
Mississippi State kept their slim hopes alive by beating LSU...they need to reach the SEC finals and that will start with beating Tennessee in the quarters today
Middle Tennessee State became the first of the projected autobid conference champs from one bid leagues to loss...that a bad loss considering So Miss has a rpi of 205 and it was the quarters not the finals. They sit in the last 2 in, last 2 out line
Kansas State punched their ticket for sure by knocking off TCU
Texas falls to Texas Tech, they still look very good, would leave them just short of a lock...they have slight seperation over the other Big 12 bubbles
Oklahoma State fails to knock down Kansas for a third time...sitting right there, some good things and some bad things..tough call
Baylor falls to WVU and with all the bubbles so tightly packed they are in a very precarious situation right now, could go either way
Utah is done after losing to Oregon, the Ducks meanwhile keep their hopes alive but really think they have to win it all to get a bid, USC up next.
USC took care of Oregon State to take are of business but absolutely must beat Oregon today, I do not think the profile can sustain a loss here
UCLA looked good in a win over Stanford, Bruins may have an ever so slight edge on the other Pac 12 bubbles right now...Arizona up next, of course win locks them in, a loss sends them near to the cut line
Boise State falls to Utah State, with 8 losses and combined with MTSU loss, Broncs really are finished...NIT bound
Projecting just 9 open spots left....feel the first 2 are all but locks but will play things conservaitve for now, 3 and 4 have some seperation from the rest, I think 5 through 16 are incredibly tightly packed..,not much differentiating them. Going to be very hard to get this field of 68 right now...lots of meh bloated resumes around the bubble. Now this list will end up getting "scrubbed" on Selection Sunday when the dust settles and the bubble teams remaining are then grouped against each other
IN
1. Texas
2. Providence
3. UCLA
4. St Bonaventure
5. Oklahoma
6. Alabama
7. Louisville
8. Middle Tennessee State
9. Baylor
OUT
10. Oklahoma State
11. Arizona State
12. USC
13. Syracuse
14. Nebraska
15. Penn State
16. Marquette
17. Notre Dame
18. Mississippi State
19. Boise State
20. Oregon
21. Utah
22. Washington
LAST 4 IN: BAYLOR, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE, LOUISVILLE, ALABAMA
LAST 4 OUT: OKLAHOMA STATE, ARIZONA STATE, USC, SYRACUSE
Louisville sits and waits right on top of the bubble after the loss to Virginia
Notre Dame loses to Duke and just does not have the resume to get in
Butler last second heroics beat Seton Hall and punch their dance ticket
Providence outlasts Creighton to all but clinch a spot
Marquette falls to Nova and I think they really needed that win
Alabama won a buzzer beater over A&M that they absolutely had to have but they may need to bea Auburn to stay in the field
Mississippi State kept their slim hopes alive by beating LSU...they need to reach the SEC finals and that will start with beating Tennessee in the quarters today
Middle Tennessee State became the first of the projected autobid conference champs from one bid leagues to loss...that a bad loss considering So Miss has a rpi of 205 and it was the quarters not the finals. They sit in the last 2 in, last 2 out line
Kansas State punched their ticket for sure by knocking off TCU
Texas falls to Texas Tech, they still look very good, would leave them just short of a lock...they have slight seperation over the other Big 12 bubbles
Oklahoma State fails to knock down Kansas for a third time...sitting right there, some good things and some bad things..tough call
Baylor falls to WVU and with all the bubbles so tightly packed they are in a very precarious situation right now, could go either way
Utah is done after losing to Oregon, the Ducks meanwhile keep their hopes alive but really think they have to win it all to get a bid, USC up next.
USC took care of Oregon State to take are of business but absolutely must beat Oregon today, I do not think the profile can sustain a loss here
UCLA looked good in a win over Stanford, Bruins may have an ever so slight edge on the other Pac 12 bubbles right now...Arizona up next, of course win locks them in, a loss sends them near to the cut line
Boise State falls to Utah State, with 8 losses and combined with MTSU loss, Broncs really are finished...NIT bound
Projecting just 9 open spots left....feel the first 2 are all but locks but will play things conservaitve for now, 3 and 4 have some seperation from the rest, I think 5 through 16 are incredibly tightly packed..,not much differentiating them. Going to be very hard to get this field of 68 right now...lots of meh bloated resumes around the bubble. Now this list will end up getting "scrubbed" on Selection Sunday when the dust settles and the bubble teams remaining are then grouped against each other
IN
1. Texas
2. Providence
3. UCLA
4. St Bonaventure
5. Oklahoma
6. Alabama
7. Louisville
8. Middle Tennessee State
9. Baylor
OUT
10. Oklahoma State
11. Arizona State
12. USC
13. Syracuse
14. Nebraska
15. Penn State
16. Marquette
17. Notre Dame
18. Mississippi State
19. Boise State
20. Oregon
21. Utah
22. Washington
LAST 4 IN: BAYLOR, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE, LOUISVILLE, ALABAMA
LAST 4 OUT: OKLAHOMA STATE, ARIZONA STATE, USC, SYRACUSE
